Rain Rain Go Away... Day 4 Recap

Today was our last day with the Christian Businessman's Fellowship in Cagayan de Oro. We met up with a friend for lunch and then met with another fried for ice cream after that. We had some free time at the mall for a few hours and then we headed to our game. Thankfully, our game was just across the street from our hotel at Capitol University.

As we were heading to the court, I looked up and thought that I was sure glad that we were playing in a gym. It has rained every night since we have been in Mindanao and it looked like tonight would be no different. As we got closer to the court, I was disappointed to see that we were in fact, not playing in a gym, or even in a covered court. It was wide open. As our team huddled together to start the game, we said a quick prayer asking God to hold off the rain and give CJ the right words to share with the crowd at half time. Even as we were walking onto the court drops were starting to sprinkle down on the court. It was disappointing, but I just thought: "keep praying, God is in control of this." We were praying the whole game, and while the clouds never left and there was a little bit of lightning in the distance, after a few seconds of sprinkles, there was no more rain. It was amazing to see God answer that prayer within moments.

We got the game started against the Capitol College Varsity team. We extended the lead up to 10 or 15 on a couple of different occasions, but these scrappy players kept coming back and we had to hang on to win 85 - 80. CJ shared at half time, and because of the rain we had already handed out tracts to everyone in case we did get rained out. A local pastor again shared a message of salvation and led the crowd through the sinners prayer. The local businessman's fellowship and church members will be following up over the coming days/weeks/months. I hope we get a chance to hear how many people accepted Christ, but we know He did not hold off the rain for nothing! Keep Capitol University in your prayers!

CJ Sharing his testimony with the students and players from Capitol University. It is amazing how intently people listen when they know you can do a 360 dunk.